The Clash of Ideas
The Ideological Battles that Made the Modern World— And Will Shape the Future
The Ideological Battles that Made the Modern World— And Will Shape the Future
January 3, 2012
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This special eBook collection drawn from the archives of Foreign Affairs traces, in real time, the great intellectual debates that defined the twentieth century-and are molding the twenty-first. Also featuring new essays, including works by Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, and Francis Fukuyama, author of the End of History, this intellectual narrative explains how and why modern politics look the way they do, and where we go from here.
Commemorating Foreign Affairs' 90th anniversary, this collection is indispensable reading for understanding the emergence of political liberalism and the making of the modern world order.
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The Clash of Ideas is wonderful collection of essays revolving around how competing ideologies have shaped past century. These essays help us to understand how ideas shape institutions and institutions shape our ways of doing things.
341 pp.
Publishing date: January 2012
ISBN: 9780876095294
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